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angrychair

(11,214 posts) Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:16 PM 2 hrs ago

Those that think it can't happen

Last edited Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:04 PM - Edit history (1)

That think the military will be on our side. History tells a very different story.
Tulsa Race Massacre +100 killed

Battle of Blair Mountain 1921 +100

Bonus Army eviction 1932 2 killed

Memorial Day Massacre 1937 10 killed

1943 Detroit Race Riot 1943 34 killed

Kent State shootings 1970 4 killed

Jackson State killings 1970 2 killed

MOVE bombing 1985 11 killed

Wounded Knee. 1890 91+ killed

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Those that think it can't happen (Original Post) angrychair 2 hrs ago OP

Uh Tulsa, Memorial Day, Detroit, Jackson State and MOVE were all perpetrated by cops, not the military. WhiskeyGrinder 2 hrs ago #1

I am not convinced the military will be CivicGrief 2 hrs ago #2

Are there many historical examples of troops and lower ranking officers refusing orders to harm civilians? sop 2 hrs ago #3

There might be to be fair angrychair 1 hr ago #4

Don't forget Wounded Knee Jilly_in_VA 1 hr ago #5

Thanks for the reminder angrychair 1 hr ago #6

WhiskeyGrinder

(25,759 posts)

1. Uh Tulsa, Memorial Day, Detroit, Jackson State and MOVE were all perpetrated by cops, not the military.

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:21 PM

2 hrs ago

I'm not saying trust the military; I'm saying state oppression has a lot of faces.

CivicGrief

(235 posts)

2. I am not convinced the military will be

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:24 PM

2 hrs ago

on the right side of history. Will civilian casualties turn the tide or push us further down the path to fascism? I think it is inevitable that the military will act one way or another. I never thought it would come to that.